Panchang software for astrologers
A working panchang for any town and any date from 1952 to 2073. See what is running this minute, the whole day as one coloured bar, the five parts with their end times, and how the day sits for a client's Moon and star.
Included in the Vedic plan, Rs 3,001 a month. No card needed. Sign in with Google to start.
Who it is for
An astrologer looks at the panchang many times a day, before a call, before giving a puja time, when a client asks if today suits a new start. This page gives that answer on one screen, for the town that matters.
For a client in another city or country, change the place and every time follows it. The same date can carry a different tithi end, Rahu Kaal or festival day from one town to the next, so nothing here is fixed to one location.
What you can do with it
Right now and today
- The tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, choghadiya and hora running this minute, each with the time it ends.
- Rahu Kaal with its times and how long until it starts, and the next good choghadiya slot.
- Good slots are Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Char that stay clear of Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal.
- One bar for the day, from Brahma Muhurta to the next sunrise, with layers for choghadiya, hora, times to avoid and times to prefer, and a line for now.
- The five parts as cards, tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and vara, with end times and what comes next.
- Marks for a Rikta tithi, the new Moon day, Vishti karana, and the Vyatipata and Vaidhriti yogas.
- Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, day and night length, and the time the Moon changes sign.
- The Hindu date with month, paksha and tithi, Vikram Samvat, and a mark for an Adhika month. Month names can be amanta or purnimanta.
- Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal, Abhijit Muhurta and Brahma Muhurta in one table, and full choghadiya and hora tables for day and night.
For one client
- Choose a saved kundli to see Chandrabala and Tarabala for that person on the day.
- In the Month view, each day gets a dot for that person, suits, mixed or take care.
- A birth time is not needed for this, because it reads the Moon sign and birth star only.
Month and festival calendar
- A month grid with the tithi and nakshatra at sunrise and the festival names. Click a day to read its times below the grid.
- Festivals, vrats, Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya and Sankranti for a full year, worked out for your place, with a list of the next 30 days.
- Twelve small months for the year at a glance. Click a colour to show one kind of day only.
- Windows for the day where the engine has them, such as the Ekadashi parana, Pradosh and Nishita puja.
- A Vedic or Jain calendar switch. Jain shows kalyanaks and parvas.
- Add to my calendar saves the days as a calendar file. Copy for client gives them as plain text to paste in a message.
- A small calendar and a Next up list stay in the left bar on every page of this tool.
- Eclipses of 2026 and 2027, marked as seen or not seen from your place.
Good times
- Find a good time lists the top windows for an event over the next 30, 90 or 180 days, read for a person if you choose one. Muhurta has a full tool of its own.
See it in the tool
Real screens from the tool, made with sample charts. Select a screen to see it larger.
The day, right now
The Hindu date, what is running this minute with its end time, Rahu Kaal and the next good slot. Point at any part for its meaning.
The day as one bar
Choghadiya and hora in layers, red hatching for times to avoid, green for times to prefer. Below it, the five parts with their end times.
The month for one person
Tithi, nakshatra and festivals in each box, and a dot for Chandrabala and Tarabala. Look along the month for the days that suit a new start.
Festivals and vrats
The year, the Vedic or Jain calendar and the place at the top, with a count for each kind of day. Below them, the next 30 days, which Copy for client gives as plain text.
The year at a glance
Twelve small months with a coloured dot for each listed day. Click a day to read it, or a colour above to show one kind only.
How it fits a working day
- Set your own town once. The page remembers it.
- At the start of the day, read Right now and the day bar, and note Rahu Kaal.
- When a client asks about a day, change the date and the place to theirs.
- Choose the client's kundli to see Chandrabala and Tarabala. Open the Month view to look at the days around it.
- Before a festival or a vrat, open Festivals, check the note under its name, and copy the days for the client.
Method and sources
Every part is worked out from the planet tables in the sidereal zodiac, always with the Lahiri ayanamsa. Sunrise is when the upper edge of the Sun meets the horizon, with standard refraction, and each element is read at local sunrise. Vedic festival dates follow the usual Smarta rules with amanta months at your place.
- NASA published elements and catalogue, for the eclipses of 2026 and 2027
- Muhurta Chintamani, for the rules behind Find a good time
- IANA time zone data, for local clock times
What it does not do
- Eclipses are listed for 2026 and 2027 only. Later ones are not in the tool yet.
- A festival date can differ by a day from another almanac. Check the family or sangh custom before you fix a date.
- Chandrabala and Tarabala read only the Moon and star of the day. They do not read the whole chart, and they do not replace a muhurta.
- The panchang is always Lahiri. The ayanamsa you set for charts does not change it.
Questions
Does it work for a client outside India?
Yes. Choose the client's town. Times show in that town's local clock time, and festival dates are worked out for that place.
Amanta or purnimanta?
Both. The month names can be switched under More options. Bright half days read the same in both. Festival dates follow amanta months.
Why might a festival differ from a printed calendar?
A tithi ends at a different local hour in each town, and a festival can fall on either of two days. Where that happens, the note under its name says which day is taken and why.
Can I give a client the festival dates?
Yes. Copy for client gives plain text for a message. Add to my calendar saves a file that calendar programs can open.
Is there a free panchang too?
Yes. The panchang pages on this website are free. This tool adds the day bar, a client's Chandrabala and Tarabala, and the month view read for one person.
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